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CVE-2018-08951 exploit

The Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Wind…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.7
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.8%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an information disclosure vulnerability due to the way memory addresses are handled, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0811, CVE-2018-0813, CVE-2018-0814, CVE-2018-0894, CVE-2018-0896, CVE-2018-0897, CVE-2018-0898, CVE-2018-0899, CVE-2018-0900, CVE-2018-0901 and CVE-2018-0926.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-44309 Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'NtQueryInformationThread(ThreadBasicInformation)' 64-bit Stack Memory Disclosure · dos · 2018-03-20

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.04.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.01.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Microsoft Corporation Windows kernel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization

References

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.